Super food to De-Stress

With the progress of the society the scansion of modern life is becoming faster. Many people are suffering from pressure and strain in life. So stress has become a regular part of life. there are many causes for stress, as it drives from work, family life to social life. Too much stress depletes your body's nutrition and leaves it exhausted by altering your body's biochemistry, making it more craving for junk food and gain weight.

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These options can help you to a healthy mental state. Here are some super food to your way to Zen

 Orange:

 The vitamin C powerhouse, known to lower blood pressure and stress hormone cortisol. Get quick burst of vitamin C  simply by eating whole orange or drinking a glass of freshly squeezed  orange juice without added sugar.

Avocados: 

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 Avocados are rich in Vitamin B, a stress relieving vitamin. It contains 20 vitamin and minerals in every serving. Low in sugar and high fibre makes you feel full and satisfied. this creamy fruit stress-proof your body.

Dark chocolate:

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 Dark chocolate is known as heart healthy food and it has an undeniable link to mood. It is also to lower blood pressure, adding to feeling of calm. Dark chocolates help reducing stress as it contain good amount of cocoa, and cocoa helps reduces stress hormones. In a study  it is found that people who are highly stressed, after eating dark chocolate had lower level of stress. you can safely allow dark chocolate as your snack at least once a week..

Oatmeal:

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 Yet another super food that helps get the calm-inducing hormone serotonin flowing. Not only does serotonin contain antioxidant property, it also creates a soothing feeling that helps to overcome stress.

Green tea:

 Green tea is very soothing. while it does contain caffeine, it also has an amino amino acid called theanine that  promotes relaxation.   

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Pineapple Detox Water

 Pineapple helps in curing lot of diseases from normal cough and cold to arthritis management. Pineapple contains lot nutrients and  are rich in Vitamin C. Pineapple infused water detox makes your body free of toxins.

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 Pineapple Detox Water Recipe

• 2 liters of water
• 5-6 mint leaves
• 1/4 pineapple
• ice cubes
• a shaker

Instruction

cut pineapple into cubes, smash the mint leaves, put ice cubes, pineapple cubes, and mint leaves inside the shaker, and it's time to shake until u get the desired taste. consume it immediately or you can keep it for sometimes  to increase the taste.

Pineapple infused deatox water fulfills your daily vitamin C requirements. Enjoy...

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Red wine facial for FLAWLESS skin

Woman's best beauty accessory is flawless, glowing skin. Red wine can make your skin attractive, fairer, glowing and younger in a matter of few days. it repairs the skin cells and heals damaged skin. Red wine can help transform a dull complexion to its natural glow. Red wine is rich in antioxidant helps prevent cell oxidation that ages skin. You can get the pinkish glow by using red wine since fruit acid present in red wine improve the blood flow to the skin. Use red wine to make your skin more healthy and youthful. You can use red wine on your face in many ways such as, as a facial massage, as a face mask, skin toner ..etc.

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Here is how you can use red wine on your skin.

Red Wine Facial for  younger skin

Mix 3 table spoon of red wine with 1 tablespoon of essential oil of your choice, massage it on your skin, followed by scrubbing and steaming, apply the facial ingredients on your skin and let it sit for 15 minutes and rinse your face with cold water.

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Red wine for wrinkle free skin

For a wrinkle free skin take 1 tablespoon of red wine and 2 tablespoon of multhani mitti with 3 drops of rose water, and make a paste. Apply this paste on your face and let this paste sit for 15 minutes. Wash your face with cold water.

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Red wine for polished skin

Take 2 teaspoon of curds and three spoon of red wine, apply it all over your face. Leave this mask on your face for 10 minutes, and wash your face with warm water.

Red wine for glowing skin

Pour red wine in to ice tray and keep it in freezer to make ice cubes. Rub the ice cubes on your face for 5 minutes to get instant glow in your skin

Red wine for fairer skin

To get fair skin take 4 tablespoon of red wine, 1 tablespoon of honey, 1 tablespoon of sugar cane powder and 1 egg white, mix all the ingredients and make a face pack. Apply this pack on your face and neck and let it sit for 10 minutes. Wash your face with warm water.

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Five simple way to style your culottes

culottes are one of the biggest trends for spring and  summer.  designers  have showcased this comfortable pants in a variety of colors and pattern. Culottes are the must have pants in your wardrobe for this summer.                                                                                                                

Culottes with a shirt

It gives you a perfect office look. So why not go for office look and bring in some creative touch. tucking a short sleeved, fitted shirt is ideal for formal occassions.

                                                            

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With a Crop top

Reach for a crop top as flared culottes require more fitted top to create a balanced ensemble.

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With Denim

Denim brings a touch of coolness and goes with most colors. Pair a denim jacket or shirt with you culottes.

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Match culottes with your top

Maintaining a single pattern throughout your entire ensemble gives a smart, tailored look and achieves a sophisticated aesthetic look.

With jump suit.

Dive into jumpsuit with a culotte this summer.

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Home Made LIP SCRUB for DRY,CHAPPED LIPS

                                                          

Its very common that when weather gets cold and dry our lips suffers, as they get chapped, and becomes dry and flaky. So some exfoliation is necessary to keep our lips soft and supple. Lets exfoliate our lips with this homemade lip scrub than going for some high-priced lip scrub.

All you need is

•         A table spoon of brown sugar or white sugar
•         Honey, or olive oil or coconut oil(just enough to make sugar enough to stick together)
•         Little drop of venilla
•         A container

Direction

Mix All ingredients together and store it in a container. vanilla makes your scrub smell yummy but it's not necessary to add this ingredient.

Once a week or twice to the max scrub your lips vigorous enough to lose dead skin and let it sit for one minute and wipe off with damp wash cloth. once you wipe off your scrub clean your lips with plain water then apply lip balm.

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Good Morning Skin Care Routine For ALL SKIN Type

Establishing a good skin care routine is the most important thing you can do for your complexion. We all know to pursue our  good night skin care routine but when it comes to morning skin care program most often ignored or we can say lacking. So  when we speak about morning skin care, we've got to clean our skin  with gentle cleanser, arm it with antioxidants, and protect it from sun damage by applying SPF to ensure we are ready to face the day. As we all know it is very important to follow a good skin care regimen in the morning, it is also important to hit  it in right  manner according to your skin type. Here are the tips for your morning skin care regimen according to your skin type .

Dry skin

People with dry skin think  if their skin doesn't feel greasy it's not dirty, but the fact is even those with ultra dry skin still need to cleanse in the morning. There will be oil and bacteria gathered on your skin while you've been sleeping all over night.so it is very important to cleanse in the morning.

People with dry skin must go for a cleanser that's creamy in consistency and stored with glycerin, hyaluronic acid, ceramides and some other gentle moisturizers. So you should choose cleanser that doesn't dries out your skin.

Once the cleansing process is done, apply moisturizer with a serum stocked with  ceramides, hyaluronic acid,glycerin and antioxidants. People with dry skin need moisturizer to lock in  the hydration, try adding SPF booster for hydrating your skin.

 Oily skin

Morning cleansing for those with oily skin is a important step. People with oily skin should go for salicylic acid spiked cleanser rather than a cleanser that's creamy in consistency and toning the skin as well. Many people with this skin type steps back from hydrating product, but the best way for this type of skin to get hydration is through hydrating serum, which is oil free, and you really don't need any moisturizing cream for day. Switch to powder sunscreen which provides grease less protection in the morning and it's the best tool to shine your skin.

Sensitive skin

The best way to fight with this skin type is looking for the product  such as gentle skin cleanser, serum that calm and sooth the skin.

sunscreen with zinc especially for this group is a major must.

Combination skin.

People with combination skin have two skin types. whereas T-zone  might require salycilic or glycolic acid but the same ingredients may not work with the other part of your skin, it may dry out other parts of your face. so it is always better to look at your skin and how it behaves during the day then pick your product.

If oily in the T-zone and dry on the other part  go for a milder cleanser followed by a toner for that oil area. Apply serum high in antioxidants which helps to protect your skin against pollutants. If you really need a hydration boost , then be careful to apply the product to only those area of your skin which prone to dry.

Finally apply moisturizer to the part of your face that really need to be moisturized during day.

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SMART EARRINGS to monitor your HEALTH

Are you bored with those smart watches and fitness tarckers? and you want to try something new that monitors your calories and very fashionable which you will love to wear, so it's time to switch into other techcessories

 Lot of women are not comfortable with those fitness bands

One of the best way for those fashion conscious women to get all the benefits of smart watches and fitness trackers, is SMART EARINGS. By combining fashion and technology without compromising your looks  you can easily monitor your activity. If you are wondering how a pair of earring can check and monitor your heart rate, calories that you burn and your day to day activity,  the studs are imbedded with all kind of sensors which help to track the blood flow from around your ear and then transmits that information to your smart phone via bluetooth  and allows you to monitor your fitness data such as heart rate, calories and activity level. So basically the pair is a cleverly designed fitness monitor which uses PPG(photooplethysmogram) technology to monitor your pulse.

What's more? It's very easy for ladies those who are fitness and fashion conscious ladies to use without others knowing that they are counting those calories.

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